How do I customize my Courses drop-down menu?

Select Courses from the Global Navigation

In the Courses drop-down menu, click the View All or Customize link.

Choose Courses

Click the star next to a course to add or remove the course from the Courses drop-down menu. Courses with yellow stars indicate a favorite course and are included in the Courses and Groups drop-down menu. You can toggle the stars to favorite or unfavorite a course. You can only favorite current courses.

Your favorite courses will appear in your Courses and Groups drop-down menu after you make your selection(s).

Note: You can see all your present, past, and future courses by clicking the View All or Customize link [3]. You will only see future courses if the start date is in the future and you have been enrolled in the course.

Unpublished Courses

Only instructors can favorite unpublished courses [1]. Students can hover over a star icon for an unpublished or concluded course and view a message indicating that the course cannot be added as a favorite [2].

Past Enrollments

Depending on course configuration, some favorited courses may still display the favorite icon even after the course has ended. If a past enrollment course shows the favorite icon, users can unfavorite the course by toggling the star icon.

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